Best Public Schools in Stony Brook, NY

Summary:

The city of Stony Brook, New York is home to two public schools that are part of the Three Village Central School District, which is ranked 108 out of 866 school districts in New York and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The schools serve students from elementary through middle school grades.

Robert Cushman Murphy Junior High School stands out as a top-performing school, ranking in the top 12.4% of middle schools in New York. Its students significantly outperform the state average on New York State Assessments, with 61.63% proficient or better in 7th grade ELA and 83.33% proficient or better in 8th grade Math. The school also has a low chronic absenteeism rate of 8.3% and spends $27,598 per student, which is significantly higher than the $20,772 spent per student at William Sidney Mount Elementary School.

While William Sidney Mount Elementary School performs well overall, ranking in the top 23.5% of elementary schools statewide, it does not stand out as strongly as the junior high school. Its student performance on state assessments is above the state average but below the district average in most grade levels, and it has a slightly higher free/reduced lunch rate of 17.22% compared to 17.69% at the junior high school. The significant difference in spending per student between the two schools is noteworthy and warrants further investigation.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				Regents Algebra I (2023)	Regents Algebra II (2023)	Regents Geometry (2023)	Regents Earth Science (2023)	Regents Living Environment (2023)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2023)						NY State Assessments Math (2023)						NY State Assessments Science (2023)	% Completely Immunized (2020)	% Polio (2020)	% Measles (2020)	% Mumps (2020)	% Rubella (2020)	% Diphtheria (2020)	% Hepatitis B (2020)	% Varicella (2020)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Algebra II End of Course	Regents Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth Science End of Course	Regents Living Environment End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	% Completely Immunized All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Diphtheria All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Robert Cushman Murphy Junior High School	Public	7-9	351 Oxhead Rd	Stony Brook	11790	Suffolk County	Three Village Central School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(631) 730-4800	667	64	10.3	17.7%	432 (64.8%)	20 (3.0%)	84 (12.6%)	110 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.1%)	84.7	186^th of 1500 public middle schools	87.6%		81.9	206^th of 1479 public middle schools	86.1%	20	99.6	100.0	100.0	98.2	100.0					61.6	74.7					73.5	83.3	84.2	98.9	99.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.0	99.9	100.0	$27,598	$268	$27,330
William Sidney Mount Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	50 Dean Ln	Stony Brook	11790	Suffolk County	Three Village Central School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(631) 730-4300	511	42	12.1	17.2%	300 (58.7%)	9 (1.8%)	63 (12.3%)	115 (22.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	74.7	574^th of 2439 public elementary schools	76.5%		76.1	511^th of 2434 public elementary schools	79.0%	63						61.4	52.6	62.8	54.6			66.1	76.2	59.6	65.7				97.8	98.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.6	99.8	99.4	$20,772	$201	$20,570

Cities Near Stony Brook

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
East Setauket	1.05 mi	4	72^nd
Saint James	2.17 mi	4	57^th
Setauket	2.36 mi	2	39^th
Centereach	2.84 mi	8	453^rd
Lake Grove	2.85 mi	3	319^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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